Global Church News
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Mazenod College brings hope for youth in Pakistan
Apr 06, 2022
Started by the Oblates, the institution aims to educate youth in Youhanabad, the largest Christian area of Lahore city
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Archbishop Scicluna: Pope boosts Maltese Catholics’ mission through greater openness to others
Apr 06, 2022
For the prelate, the flame lit by the pope’s visit must be kept alive by bearing witness and evangelisation. Building walls is a sad sight. Solidarity towards Ukrainians highlights the plight of refugees coming from developing countries, treated as “second class”. Francis was “transfigured” by his meeting with the sick, prisoners, and the marginalised.
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Major Archbishop hopes Pope Francis will visit Kyiv ‘as soon as possible’
Apr 05, 2022
A Ukrainian Catholic leader has said that he hopes Pope Francis will visit Kyiv “as soon as possible.”
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Videos prove war in Ukraine is battle against evil, archbishop says
Apr 05, 2022
Videos of dead Ukrainian civilians, many apparently executed by Russian troops, are further evidence that “the struggle of Ukraine is a spiritual struggle against evil, against the devil and his servants,” said Ukrainian Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych.
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Holy Spirit is guiding church on synod, Vatican official tells LGBTQ group
Apr 05, 2022
The “main protagonist” in the Catholic Church’s two-year synodal process now underway “is the Holy Spirit, who is ready to guide us on this journey,” Xavière Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart told a U.S. audience April 3.
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Churches in the UK and Ireland continue to pray for Ukraine
Apr 05, 2022
Christians across Britain and Ireland unite in prayer again imploring for peace in Ukraine amid growing international outrage over alleged atrocities committed by the Russian military in the Kyiv suburb town of Bucha.
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Argentine missionaries to be sent to evangelize in the Peruvian Amazon
Apr 05, 2022
A nun and a priest are the first to be sent on a missionary project from Argentina to the Peruvian Amazon region.
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Ukraine: UN chief urges probe into Bucha massacre
Apr 05, 2022
With the world shaken by the chilling images of Russia’s killing fields in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, a suburb of the capital, Kyiv, the UN Secretary-General has called for an independent investigation into the alleged massacres.
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Meditate on ‘Ubi Caritas’ this Lent
Apr 05, 2022
As we approach Holy Week and look forward to the promise of Easter joy, we may look back on the last month or so and reflect on how the Lord has been present to us this Lent.
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With This Light: The story of the 'Mother Teresa' of Honduras
Apr 05, 2022
A documentary film, entitled 'With This Light,' about the life and legacy of Sr Maria Rosa Leggol, who helped nearly 90,000 Honduran children escape from poverty and abuse, was shown to Vatican officials and ambassadors to the Holy See in the Vatican on Monday.
Sunday Reflection
Embracing the wisdom of the human heart
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr George Vaithynathan